South Africa will have a national pavilion at the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, slated for March 10-13 in Toronto.
The pavilion represents 12 mining companies and associated organizations, including AngloGold, De Beers and Durban Roodepoort Deep.
“The PDAC is one of the biggest mining investment shows in the world, Toronto is the mining finance capital of the world, and South Africa is one of the world’s great mining powerhouses,” says Wayne Floreani, commercial officer with the South African Consulate (Trade) in Toronto.
During last year’s convention, PDAC representatives met with the South African delegation, headed by Mines Minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, to offer suggestions to the draft legislation for that country’s new mineral rights bill.
Mlambo-Ngcuka will be speak at the upcoming convention on March 12 at a breakfast presentation hosted jointly by Investment South Africa and the Canada-South Africa Chamber of Business and Trade.
For more information, visit www.pdac.ca or contact the Toronto office at 416-362-1969.
Vancouver hosts environmental show
Globe 2002, a conference and trade show dealing with environmental issues, is seeking abstract submissions.
Slated for March 13-15 in Vancouver, the conference will focus on water and wastewater technologies, urban environmental management, and energy efficiency. A selection of papers examining technical innovations will be showcased on March 13.
More than 75 countries will be represented at the event, and the number of participants is expected to exceed 10,000.
For more information, visit www.globe2002.com/technical.htm or e-mail Gillian Moran at gillian.moran@globe.apfnet.org
Solvent extraction forum in Africa
The 16th International Solvent Extraction Conference will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, March 17-22. It will be the first time the conference is held in Africa, and only the second time it is held in the Southern Hemisphere.
The event has been held every three years since 1962.
Delegates will receive a CD-ROM containing all the papers submitted.
For more information, visit www.isec2002.org.za or e-mail isec2002@mintek.co.za
Mintek in Moscow
The annual Mintek exhibition, slated for March 25-28 in Moscow, offers mining suppliers a chance show their wares to Russia’s mining industry.
The exhibition is held in conjunction with shows for the power and transportation sectors. The mining portion of the 2001 show attracted 37 exhibitors, including a booth hosted by the Canadian Association of Mining Supplier and Services for Export (CAMESE).
More than 2,800 mining specialists visited last year’s show, most of whom are involved in making purchasing decisions.
For the upcoming exhibition, more than 48,000 invitations have been sent to mining specialists in Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Belaurus, Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgystan, Tadjikistan, and Ukraine.
For more information, e-mail minesupply@camese.org
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